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I am trying to take apart a Ball pocket watch motor barrel and am having no success. How do they come apart?


George Mandalou
 
Posts: 15 | Location: Tarpon Springs, Florida USA | Registered: May 02, 2007
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George, some details on the watch would help someone come up with the answer for you.
Bob
 
Posts: 346 | Location: Woodland Hills, California in the USA | Registered: January 07, 2011
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The movement is a zise 16, 19 jewel, with "Official Standard" and the small gold seal on the winding bridge. The barrel looks like a typical motor barrel. The "Main Wheel" is geared and seperate from the lower portion or shell which holds the main spring. The Main Wheel has the arbor hook which attaches to the Main Spring. Right now the main wheel is freely rotating on the arbor and you can feel when it passes the main spring; it will partially grab the spring then let go as it rotates freely around the arbor. The arbor will NOT pull out. Is there another step on a Ball to release the arbor or is it just stuck? Any help is greatly appreciated.


George Mandalou
 
Posts: 15 | Location: Tarpon Springs, Florida USA | Registered: May 02, 2007
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I have already tried soaking it in cleaning fluid, flooding it with oil and even tried boiling it to free the arbor. No luck.


George Mandalou
 
Posts: 15 | Location: Tarpon Springs, Florida USA | Registered: May 02, 2007
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I GOT IT OUT! The arbor is in two parts, screwed together. I screwed the winding wheel on to the top of the arbor and used it as a key to unscrew the two pieces of the arbor.


George Mandalou
 
Posts: 15 | Location: Tarpon Springs, Florida USA | Registered: May 02, 2007
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